Local Happenings

North Central College will host the American Mathematics Competition 8 (AMC 8) on November 19 at 4:30 PM. This competitive exam is open to students under the age of 14 who have not yet completed 8th grade. There is no charge for the exam, but advanced registration is required. Registration forms can be obtained by emailing rjwilders@noctrl.edu.

Our chemistry teachers, Mr. Ragusa and Mrs. Ragusa, will be offering a series of cutting-edge nanotechnology courses starting this fall. Mr. Kennedy will also be offering math courses currently not treated in the math classes this summer. We are excited about our new courses.

In this course, students will be introduced to the advancing and dynamic field of nanotechnology. Students will research, design and conduct an experiment as it relates to nanomedicine. Biodegradable alginate capsules will be made and used as an analogy to a drug delivery system. The students will experiment with the time-release properties of these capsules and present their findings.